Brad Knott: “I will say that my friend from Maryland mentioned robbery, rape, and murder. This bill's goal is to apprehend dangerous…”

I rise today in order to commemorate the extraordinary story and mission of one of my neighbors and her family in North Carolina, someone by the name of Olivia Wooten. Olivia is currently suffering mightily in a battle with ALS. I have…

I am continuing on in the same spirit that was referenced by my colleague: ``To bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance.'' Mr. Speaker, all of us as elected leaders and the leaders around this country, we do have a solemn…

As a former federal prosecutor, I worked with law enforcement to fight foreign criminals of every type. This included drug cartels, human traffickers, and gang members who came to our country illegally to enrich themselves through crime.

The issue with your characterization, sir, is number one, someone who enters illegally must be convicted of illegally entering the country. Then they must be convicted of illegally reentering the country to get a felony conviction. There…